Tag Archives: Trains I went down to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania on Sunday to try some new things. I knew they were undergoing construction on a new geothermal heating and cooling system and that there would be a few things that would be cordoned off but when I got there I found that most of the locomotives...  The conductor (standing) and the Engineer for Locomotive 90 have a pre-departure conversation at the Strasburg Railroad. The roles and responsibilities for each employee on the railroad are explained onthis helpful page. For information on Strasburg Railroad and their different events and programs, click here. Shot as a single exposure back on 11-27-2010. When I shot...  New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Locomotive # 759 sitting in one of the maintenance bays within the roundhouse at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA. This locomotive was build by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1944, carrying builders number 8667. It was a 2-8-4 drive train configuration producing a tractive effort...  This is a front view of Conrail locomotive No. 2233 a GP-30 class locomotive built by EMD in April of 1963. Gifted by Julia Sanders to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in March of 1998. Serviceable. Restored June of 2002 by Norfolk Southern to 1976 Conrail appearance. There is a video available on YouTube that shows...  This steam locomotive is a “Berkshire” Class S, 2-8-4 built by the American Locomotive Company in Lima Ohio in 1944. It was the first locomotive donated to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. These locomotives had 69″ diameter drivers, 25″ x 34″ cylinders, a 245 psi boiler pressure, they exerted 64,135 pounds of tractive effort and...  Locomotive 89 pulls into the station at the Strasburg Railroad. This locomotive was built in 1910 by the Canadian Locomotive Company and saw service on the Canadian National Railway as locomotive #s 89 and 911 and on the Grand Trunk Railway as # 1009. before Strasburg Railroad took bought it from the Steamtown Foundation in...  This is the sign in front of the control tower at the Strasburg Railroad. The wind was whipping around pretty good on the day I shot this so I’m pretty happy with the final result especially when you consider it was seven hand held bracketed shots. NIK’s HDR Efex Pro did a pretty good job... |
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